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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-16, Page 2,r .n»+�--•,. P.Sit 2 The TimessA 1voc to March 16 1961 itonais Driver training This newspaper believes the ,right to express en :opinion Tut public; contributes ta: the progress of the nation end that it must b4 e,Sur. cised freely end without prejudice to preserve and intproya .denten cratjc government, We're all for driver training of teenagers. "We're not sure, however, that we can agree •with the many who support the extra -curricular :instruction in high schools. And we certainly don't concur with their opponents who insist it is a pa, rental responsibility. Training of our young people who .come of driving age has been left to the parents for too many years and now look at the results. The slaughter on our highways increases with too large a percentage of the blame attributed to the young drivers who treat motor vehicles as playthings. Parents, it's been conclusively shown, can't •teach their children to drive well,. Many adults t'i croseives don't know hoed—they learned by the c'isaztrous trial and error method. The average parent does not have the patience, knowledge or eiseipline to make a conscientious driver of his child. The demand grows to snake driver -training P part of high school education. Current legisla- t c i gives school boards the authority to provide c; tra-curricular courses. This newspaper once sup- ported this system of training. Where it has been given,"statistics show it has paid off. The American Automobile Ass'n calculates that for every $LOO invested by the schools in driver education, $2.60 is returned in accidents prevented. Despite this strong argument, there are important objections to providing instruction in the school. The first and most obvious one is that driver training is not education in the proper sense of the word. It is not practical to employ a teacher, university-trained to instruct in literature, history or mathematics, to waste his talents on driver training. Quite properly, we feel, the teachers' federation has opposed it. been Little consideration appears to have b n given to placing the responsibility or training on what appears to us to be the .logical group—the police. Who is more conscious of the need? Who can better relate the importance of good driving? • Who is in a better position to know the traffic laws? We suggest a police -administered driver training system would have many advantages. First of all, it falls directly in line with the responsibility of accident prevention. Secondly, it would •give police a constructive function which would help Let's be fair Town council has decided the recreation question, albeit by the narrowest of margins on a divided vote. It has agreed to continue with the services •of a .full-time director and to keep the operations of the community centres .board and recreation committee separate. We don't agree either withthe decision or the method by which it was reached. But now that the issue is settled for this year, we must be con- tent to let it stand. As Recreation Committee Chairman Lloyd. Cushman has pointed out, if the strong opposition shown by council members to the present organiza- tion develops into obstruction and lack of co. operation toward the program and its new director, it will impose a serious :handicap on both. Let us be fair—the committee and its director should be given an honest chance to prove themselves. to elevate public respect. Thirdly, it would help develop a new generation of drivers with the proper understanding of the job police must do or. the road. Fourthly, it could encompass' those youth who might avoid high school instruction by dropping out of school at the age of 16—and it is this type of youth who is inclined to be the worst offender on the highway. True, attendance .at such courses Haight not be large on a voluntary basis. However, if such training reduces the l'isk of accidents, insurance companies should be prepared to provide lower rates for persons who have passed a police course. This would encourage both the parent and child to take advantage of it. Then, if the courses prove successful and the demand grows, the taking of such a course could become a compulsory re- quirement to securing a licence. Municipalities and police officials might complain about the time such instruction would. take from regular police duties. But it would seem to us a good investment of public funds to take one constable off general patrol .for three hours a week to provide driver instruction. If Ontario's proposed sales tax proves any- thing, .it; .is this: if we demand more services from our government, no one else pays for them, { "x EZIN' 1.a+a . s xa in, z 1 i " rvIVI . NIV 9 k''" g6 mss', t'" i'. is {a rO ...R'".v"¢°sv..' ". j .. )...w' `,' EMST " a 5s.3:'a^>,..A Sugar and Spice ' How do you like the leach- ing game?" So many people have askedme this question in the past few months that I thought I.'d try to answer it here. My usual reply is what 1 hope is an eloquent shrug, One reason I left the news- paper business for teaching was that I thought it would give me more time with my "family. As a weekly editor, I was out night after night, covering meetings, attending banquets and the like. The only time I had with the kids was on weekends. As .a teacher" 1 spend a tot more time et home. And 1 see even less of my family. I'm locked away in the smoke• filled little room on the second floor five nights a week and most of Saturday and Sunday. i sea so little of the kids that there are times when 1 can't remember their first names. * * * Another reason for embark- ing on a teaching career was all those holidays. Two months in the summer, a week at Christmas and a no t h e r at Easter. Of course, last sum- mer I had to go to summer school and work like a dog for two months. And this year I have to do the same. And at Christmas I spent exactly 471/2 hours. during my holiday week, marking papers and it will be the same at Easter. And then, at the end of another year, when I am qualified as a teacher, 1 have to go back to summer school for yet another pieht weeks lo get my special- ist'e certificate. Eut. ;lust, think —in 1963 I'll have the whole summer off. That's certainly better than the one miserable week a year I used to take• in the newspaper business. * * * And then, of course, the money is good. My take-home ray is better than that of many truck drivers—almost as good P that of a welder or a brick- 1,..er, Unlike them, 1 don't ,J civ overtime, but think of the Qr.urity. All I have to de is teach for 35 years, and f get the full pension. Am 1 ever going to raise hell around the lawn bowling club when 1 get en that pension! Wheelchair or no wheelchair. * * * But all these things are mere adjuncts to teaching, After all, we're not just interested in money and security, are we? dispensed by Bill Smiley You have no idea of the thrill e teacher feels when he rea- lizes that but for the guidance he has given Joe, the latter might have wound up in the penitentiary — instead of just reform school. And there is nothing to equal the rich satisfaction a teacher derives when he has taught something so difficult that the Well, ARE WE? Of course, • sweat is running downhis we're not. Money is no more important than, say, breathing. No, what we are concerned within life is the deep, basic things. Like, uh,satisfaction in a job well done, and, uh, the rich reward of guiding young lives, and, uh, stuff like that. Your library By MRS. JMS Bamboo Doctor Many books have been writ- tenabout the life—and death— of prisoners of war under. the Japanese in Siam. There would have been few survivors to tell the tale had it not been for the medical officers, With pitiful supplies of drugs, instruments and bandages, and in the most primitive condi- tions they toiled tinwearingly to stem the ravages of cholera, dysentery, malaria and general debility, living themselves in the same squalor and priva- tion as their patients and often being savagely beaten in try- ing to keep a sick man from work on the railway. Despite their efforts, thou- sands died. But more survived. Stanley Pavillard, author of Bamboo Doctor., was one of that band of doctors, and tells much of the story but fails to tell of. his own skill, or his faith and hope when it was all to easy to depair. He spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war in Singapore after it was over- run by the Japanese. How to Make Cut Flowers Last One of the Huron County Li- -Please turn to page 7 back. And he knows he is get - .ting through to them when he sees young Mary's face light up like a flower. And he nods to her in kindly fashion when her hand is raised, and she asks` courteously and intelli- gently, "Sir, may I go to the washroom?" It makes every - thine seem, you know, sort of worthwhile. * * * There's a completely differ- ent atmosphere in the schools these days. When I was in high school, if a kid got out of line, the teacher would clobber him. My old science leacher could clip a• large lout right off his stool, across two desks, and into a limp heap of rags on the floor, without disturbing a test- tube. My old maths teacher favored a two -knuckle smash just above the kidneys, which enabled you to say nothing but "Huh.! Huh! Huh!" for about four minutes. That old brutality has all gone by the board now, and a good thing, I say. Nowadays, if a kid does something that disqualifies him for a sound belt in the chops, you realize he's not doing • it just for hell- ery, he's emotionally disturbed. And the kids appreciate it,. Aside from the fact that they'd have a lawyer on youif you gave them a dirty look, there's a wonderful new sympathy be- tween .teacher and student, P11 bet there's not a single kid in any -of my grades who would refuse to sign the class card of condolence to my wife. if I weretobe run down by a bulldozer. * * * How do I like teaching? Well, say, T haven't really . time to discuss it, right now. I have four hours' homework to do, an examination to prepare, and an hour's work on the school yearbook. Come back and ask me in the summer of '63. , .. °TYelt ,I need a secretary. How are you at typing? Cxeter- Shorthand Gardening:" --- Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 u�A1� Published Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ont. Authorized As Second Class Mail, Post Office NO, Ottawa AWARDS — Frank Howe, Beattie Shield, best front page (Can. add), 1957; A, V. Nolan Trophy, general excellence for dews- !` pbpees puelished hi Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4;500 Population, 195x, 1957, 1956; J. George Johnston Trophy, types= ;' k,,epalcal "excellence (Ontario), 1957; E, T. Stephenson Trophy, best (relit page (Ontario), 1956, 1955; Ali-CanAda Instiritnce Federattieh natienet .Sefety" award, 1953. Ike ri•in•Aelvettde Circuletion, Sept, 30, 1064' --,•• 3,391 ( tu6SCRIt4TlON l4 "1 EST t4nade $4.00 Per Ybar; USA $5.00 is r fieCtitivifimitritai Yee+,it'6rid:PION 'Vjce il"y, dear` °'` f k e.leeeNgTOg v'vrrtc z -'e `r,c3, b,aF F6lturxr sl'hdir.te,rm, R'orldtiOte re.nstd. "flew long have you been at this t .cle " Lively grist mill The Exeter Advocate, Sep- tember. 1903, under the head- ing "Exeter Grist Mill, scene of a live industry, undergoes repairs making. it one of the most up-to-date mills in West- ern ". "ThOntarioe season is now upon us whish arouses renewed interest un that particwhuiclar class es ho.of ittanme- ifacturing h nearest to the heart of agri- culturists, the final handling of the grain that has so abundant- ly rewarded the farmer this season for .his labour, before it is shipped. away in the form of flour to points of varying distances, or finds a place of repose of the flour bins nearer home. "As may naturally be sup- posed a visit to the Exeter millpresents a n animatedted scene, more lively than usual by reason of the harvest re- cently gathered in and the consequent continued arrival of happy farmers, who, the heavy work of the harvest be- ing over, sit enthroned upon their heavy loadof grain and after pouring their precious burden within the receptacle provided, go generously home- ward, their pockets bulged out with bank bills galore. "in this, as in most other branches of industry, the sys- tem of milling is continuously changing and with the new in- ventions now upon the market the process of making flour has been reduced to a nicety. "Messrs, Harvey Bros. are thoroughly awake to their busi- ness interests and for some millweeks, the mill has been shut down for repairs and for the addition of those modern ma- chines, which in conjunction with the previously well-equip- ped plant, go to make a model "With the completion of the work Messrs. Harvey Bros. now have one of the best- eauipped and most modern mills in the province, In addi- tion to the many other .im- provements a new boiler and. a most modern chopper have been installed and everything is now in ship-shape. "The brand of flour. the out- put of this mill. has long been niakind a mark for itself in the Dominion and also Euro- pean markets. The mill con- sumes a large quantity of wood each year, thus enlarging the market for u class of wood that is not suitable for domes- tic purposes. When running to its full capacity they will re- quire about 900 bushels of wheat' daily or a total for the JOTTINGS ay JMS year of about 281,700 hushels. "A large am grain is also pounturchofasedcoarse and. in grinding up such quantities of wheat the firm is able to supply a large local trade with bran and other :mill offal, which is an advantage to thein ae well as the farmer. "From. the :time of entering the mill, the scene of activity impresses itself upon the mind. Active, cheerful and intelligent operatives are in charge and on every hand an air of ear- nest endeavor on the part of all hands to forward the in- terests of the establishment and to oblige the public, reigns supreme. "As the grain is received it sinks out of sight, only to be hurried off by endless carriers to its particular corner in the spacious elevators. From the elevators the grainpasses through several cleaningma- chines, thence into the rolls and through the breakers and numerous purifiers, "It next passes into the new Drayer Scroll machine for fin- ishing, and finally it pours forth ina stream of clear, white and beautiful flour of ir- reproachable uuality and, finds a lodgement in barrels which are then shipped off to near and distant markets." The Reader Comments S Appreciates help To the editor: On behalf of Huron County Tuberculosis Association, I wish to thank you and your capable staff for all their support over the past year. We especially appreciate your assistance dur- ing the mass survey and the Christmas Seal. Campaign. It is of great interest to your readers to know that the con- tributions to the campaign amounted to 512.403,79, an in- crease of $240.00 over last year. While money is neces- sary, the constant search for unknown cases is what will determine our success. Only the maximum use of case - finding facilities will help us to reach, the goal of a tuber- culosis -free county. This is why you hear us talk about tuber- culin testing and chest x-rays —the' only way to find these unknown cases. — Please turn to page 7 As the "Times" go by HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES 10 YEARS AGO The T. 'Eaton Co., Ltd. special for the best bushel of oats was won by Harry Strang at the .1951 Huron Seed Fair, SHDHS senior boys success- fully defended their WOSSA. "13" title in an exciting match with Kingsville in Thames Hall Saturday. Robert Wade, Crediton. won a trip to the National Cadet Camp in Banff for the coming summer. Last Wednesday evening the Beta Sigma Phi presented their second annual Fashion Show in the auditorium of the high school. Earle Terry and his all -girl chorus of London, 34 in num- ber, presented a program in Hensall United Church spon- sored by the church choir, Irwin Ford was elected pros- !dent for 1951 of the Stephen Conservation Club at a meeting iii the town hall, They plan to branchout into reforestation, 15 YEARS AGO As a result of a citizens' meeting concerning localrec- reational activities, a commit- tee of Messrs. Joe Creech, C, V. Pickard, R, N, Creech, ;Bob Dinncy; Toni Pryde, W. G. Mecld and J, 13. Lowey was named to investigate the pos' sibilities of hiring a full time director PPC ,union' Prout of. the American army airforce, son of Mr, and Mrs, Charles Prout, returned honed last week, hav- ing received big discharge after four months on the island of Okinawa. The Guenther 'Transport have just oonipleteda i1ew addition to their terminal in Exeter North, Mr.Philip rassold, of Dash- wood, has disposed of his blacl;smitlr business, .which he has owned and operated .for 42 years, to Mr., Ward Fritz, Ladies of Cavett Red Crosa Unit filet in the library base- urent Tuesday everrutg and WediesdaYand quihted five nuiltg kr the Red Cross, 30 YEARS AGO The Dashwood Planing Mill will startt to saw logs on Mon- day. March 16—the price will he 58 per M cash. • Mr, and Mrs, Alvin i3rintnell visited in Lucan nn Saturday and were sl.nrni-bound until. Monday morning. The Men's Union, a newly organized body of the Main St. United Church, held its first business meeting on. Wednesday evening with President George Layton in the chair. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Robin- son, Elimville, celebrated the sixty - fourth anniversary of their wedding on Friday, March 13, Mr. Ted Taman, who has been with the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Arkona, has been transferred to Forest. Miss Gerta Gauld, on fur- lough from Formosa, visited et the home of Mr. and Mrs, Charles McDonnell, I•tensell, 50 YEARS, AGO On the front page of the Cleveland News on Feb. 24 was a large pieture of Czar Rollins, a former Exeter hoe who learned photography with Mr. Joseph Senior, iown, 1 -le is to go south with the Cleve- land ball piayers to their training camp at Alexandria, La. Messrs. S Martin and H. Houston are the delegates of Exeter Public School Board to the Easter sessions of the On- terin Educational Association at 'Toronto, Mr, henry Soldan has brought to llensall from the West with his household erects, a span of Shetland "ponies Will f are much admired. Sunshine services were con - chided by Mr. Joshua Johns of a;lirrtvilie 'ofr Sunday, Tlie Exeter Opera 1-toelse has been closed for the bold- Ing of entertainments, Mr, Beverley is using it for furni-- lure storage. Mr. Pete Eawdttt is tearing rlowii' the old skating 'rink! Don ,McGregor Phone 737 Exeter GHAMPIQ.i' FV L QI�S ELECTRIC And ACETYLENE WELDING TRAILERS BUILT QF ALL KINDS HEADQUARTERS .FOR McCVLL4UGI-1 CHAIN SAWS 8RITISI{ ISRAEL. The Bi lte',s Nat.onctl )Wesstlge We believe that the Celto-Saxon peoples are the descendants .of God's servant race and nation. Israel: that our ancient Throne is the continuation of the Throne of David; and, in view of present world conditions, that a general recognition of this identity AND its implications is a matter of vital and urgent importance. r WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT For Your Copy of Our FREE Booklet "An Introduction to the British -Israel Evangel" Write to the Secretory CANADIAN BRITISH -ISRAEL ASSOCIATION In Ontario P.O. Box 744, Station 9, Ottawa, Ont. BELL LINE S by W. W. HaysoI your telephone manager Ours is a truly Canadian enterprise, I was reminded of this fact while reading our 1960 Annual Report which was distributed to shareholders at the end of last month, and I thought it might make en inter- esting subject to discuss in Bell Lines, To start with, all our customers are, of course, Iocat- ed in Canada, principally in On- tario and Quebec. Our services also extend outside these two provinces to Goose Bay in Labrador and Fro- bisher Bay on Baffin Island in the far off Northwest Territories. Then you may ask, "Who owns The Bell Telephone Company of Canada?" Well, 97.3 per cent k. of our shareholders are residents of Canada, and' many 410v are citizens who liveand work in communities like+ Exeter. Altogether they number 156,627 — by far Nue largest body of share owners of any Canadian company. That is why we are proud to say we are a Canadian enterprise — a company owned and operated by Can- adians. Here's interesting news about a new service free concealed telephone wiring for homes under construc- tion. We are now ready to install multiwire cable through the studding to suitable 'locations in the house where telephone service may he required. We can only do this at the stage of construction after electrical. wiring is completed and before walls and partitions are closed in. When the house is built and the customer has chosen the location, or locations, for telephone service, our in- staller will locate the hiddenwire, install an incon- spicuous nutlet and connect the telephone, or telephones, with the wiring. In Exeter our installer, Dick McFails, is being train- ed to do this work. As he is 'the expert, we asked Nina about the new service. "Yes it's Free! It certainly fite right in with the plans of all progressive builders to keep wiring hidden and provide for as many outlets at possible in convenient and inconspicuous locations," he said. "One attractive feature of the, new service is thio wall outlet with a plastic faceplate. More and more people nowadays want additional phones conveniently placed in their kitchen, living _ room or bedroom." For full information just call us at 124 and aslc for Concealed Wiring Service, THE MYSTERIOUS TROUBLE -MAKER A telephone left off the hook has always been a worry to our" people as if ties up our, equipment and affects the telephone service of everyone in the coni, mu pity, That's why a repairman wee so concerned re- cently when he traced a case of trouble to a receiver off the hook at an extension telephone in a farm blinding, It bothered hint because he was unable to figure nut how it happened. It wasn't any of the animals or any- one around the farm, hue replaced the receiver, huh, next day the same thing happened, This time the repairman entered the building in time to eateh the culprit — a small racoon -- scurrying ying for cava'. In case you're wor- ried, the animal ended lip as a family fret — but With better telephone manners. eeisee;